, 1887-06-19
MAULED AT MIDNIGHT.
A Brutal Husband Chokes His
Better Half.
She Followed Him on a Tour of the
Town.
A Remarkable Scene Witnessed by
a Select Audience.

ENeatcttSOs
About 200 per cent of discord and | per
cent of harmony were the ingredients of a
series of interesting incidents occurring on
the west side of Eddy street between
Nineteenth and Twentieth at about IL
o'clo * last night. A reporter was sailing
toward the city hall in quest of an item at
the time, and Distinguishing the battle din
from afar, hastened to the scene of the
disturbance. The sight that greeted him
was a very unusual one for the glorious
climate of Wyoming, and almost paral-
yEed him. 1t was the spectacle of a mar
ried man quite well known in this city,
engaged in tho questionable transaction of
choking the breath out of the rather frail
form of his helpmeet, while the latter
vainly struggled for liberty and screamed
the best she could under the circumstan-
ces. The reporter didn't step forward
and exhibit his Gallsntry by walking over
the frame of the cruel brute. He was
foolish enough to interfere onee in a fam
lily fight and was laid up for repairs for
the following ten days. The man finally
ceased embracing his wife's neck and say.
agely inquired if she would be slill
now ?"
mo, i won't, and il you lay your
hands on me again I'll have you arrested
SO sure as there's a God above. You
william, you ought TO be ashamed to strike
your wife, after visiting such a resort as
that house this time of night"
Now, Mary; | wasn't in there. / was
Just passing the place. I've been up here
to see a sick member of our lodge"
you know you lie. l saw you come
out of that woman's house with my own
eyes. You can't fool me with that sick
lodge friend any longer. You've told
that story too often. don't believe you
belong to n lodge, you're too mean.
To show YOU what l can do when I'm
mad I'm going back to that house now
ami tell that dirty hussy what | think of
her,"
BY this time hatless heads were stick.
ing out of every window in hat i'm
mediate neighborhood, and the plucky
little lady had a fair sized audience as she
proceeded to read the riot act to that
woman"
You contemplate wench, why did YOU
coax my husband into your house. Amt
there enough young single men in town
for you without your trying to break up
respectable families, you nasty thing I?
You caused the death of a man before
you came here, and there's one in the
county Jail here on your account"
You don't know that your husband
was in here. Go away from here or I'll
call a policeman"
I'm sure he was in there, for | looked
through the keyhole and saw him. You
get a policeman if you dare. IF you step
out on this sid ,walk I'll pull every hair
out of your head, you worthless trash.
I'll see a policeman myself and have you
run put of town before the sun sets to.
MORROW"
You clear out of here, or I'll come and
smash your brains out with IL poker"
"Oh, you will, will you? You're a
coward. You don't dare to. Why, I'd
hit you with a rock so quick that you
wouldn't know what happened. But I'm
going to get a policeman right now and
have you arrested for threatening me-"
And the indignant but wroneed lady
started. in the direction of the city hall,
but changed her mind on reaching Eigh-
tcenth street and went eastward, while
the crowd that had assembled eagerly
discussed the matter as it slowly dis
persed, and regretted that the lady went
home instead OF securing AN officer to ar
rest the man who so cruelty assaulted her.
Perhaps the lecture he listened to for the
balance of the night will be more effectual
in reforming him than a couple of days
in Jail.